Elena Kagan Supreme Court nomination
On May 10, 2010, President Barack Obama announced his selection of Elena Kagan for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. Kagan's nomination was confirmed by a 63–37 vote of the United States Senate on August 5, 2010. When nominated, Kagan was Solicitor General of the United States, a position to which Obama had appointed her in March 2009. Kagan was the first Supreme Court nominee since Sandra Day O'Connor in 1981 to not be a sitting circuit court judge and the most recent such nominee as of 2023. She was the first Supreme Court nominee since William Rehnquist and Lewis F. Powell Jr. in 1971 to not be a sitting judge on any court.
Kagan with President Obama and then-Vice President Joe Biden at the announcement of the nomination in the East Room of the White House
Activist Michael Johns and tea party members demonstrate against Kagan on July 1, 2010.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid meeting with Kagan.
Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy meeting with Kagan.
Elena Kagan is an American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was appointed in 2010 by President Barack Obama and is the fourth woman to serve on the Court.
Official portrait, 2013
Kagan in the Oval Office with President Bill Clinton in 1997 during her tenure as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy
Kagan as Harvard Law School dean in 2008
Kagan's 2009 official portrait as Harvard Law School dean
